US5988782A - Ink-jet printing apparatus - Google Patents

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US5988782A
US5988782A US08/625,705 US62570596A US5988782A US 5988782 A US5988782 A US 5988782A US 62570596 A US62570596 A US 62570596A US 5988782 A US5988782 A US 5988782A
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Yasushi Miura
Katsuhiro Watanabe
Makoto Aoki
Toshiaki Mabuchi
Tomoyuki Kawana
Takeshi Irizawa
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06B—TREATING TEXTILE MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS, GASES OR VAPOURS
    • D06B11/00—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing
    • D06B11/0056—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of fabrics
    • D06B11/0059—Treatment of selected parts of textile materials, e.g. partial dyeing of fabrics by spraying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/175—Ink supply systems ; Circuit parts therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/005—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by bringing liquid or particles selectively into contact with a printing material
    • B41J2/01—Ink jet
    • B41J2/17—Ink jet characterised by ink handling
    • B41J2/195—Ink jet characterised by ink handling for monitoring ink quality
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
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    • B41J3/4078—Printing on textile

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  • the present invention relates generally to an ink-jet printing apparatus. More specifically, the invention relates to an ink-jet textile printing apparatus for performing printing on a cloth or so forth.
  • a screen textile printing method for performing direct printing on the cloth and so forth employs a silk screen printing plate.
  • the silk screen printing plates are prepared for respective colors used in the original image.
  • the silk screen printing plate is loaded on a screen textile printing apparatus to perform printing by directly transferring an ink to the cloth or so forth through a mesh of the silk screen printing plate.
  • an ink-jet textile printing system for performing printing directly on a printing medium, such as the cloth, the wall paper and so forth.
  • the ink-jet textile printing system is to eject a fine ink droplet through ejection openings of an ink-jet head to perform printing an image or so forth by forming ink dots on the printing medium.
  • the ink-jet textile printing system has many advantages such that there is not required the screen printing plate which has been required in a conventional screen textile printing system, and process steps and working days for forming the image on the cloth significantly shorten. Furthermore, the ink-jet textile printing system is advantageous for capability of down-sizing of the apparatus.
  • the ink-jet textile printing system is superior in safekeeping and storage of the printing information. Furthermore, the ink-jet textile printing system is advantageous in easiness of processing of the printing information, such as changing of color, layout, expansion and contraction of the image and so forth.
  • cloths as printing medium to be employed in the ink-jet textile printing system extend in wide variety, such as natural fibers, e.g. cotton, silk, wool and so forth, synthetic fibers, e.g. nylon, rayon, polyester and so forth, and mixed fabric of these fibers. Accordingly, in order to satisfactorily perform printing for the cloth consisted of such wide variety of fibers, it is desirable to adapt dye of the ink to a material of respective fibers.
  • reactive dye is preferred for cotton and silk
  • acid dye is preferred for nylon
  • disperse dye is preferred for polyester fiber
  • metal complex salt dye is preferred for wool
  • vat dye or pigment is preferred for cotton.
  • disperse dye, metal complex dye, vat dye and pigment are known as a coloring agent insoluble in water or a coloring agent having low solubility in water.
  • a construction of the prior art is not practical even in the viewpoint of a life of a stirring motor. More specifically, in the case of a textile printing apparatus, different from an ordinary printer used in an office, it is typical to be operated continuously over whole days, i.e. 24 hours, and requires a durability of the apparatus over 5 years or more, as industrial facility. Accordingly, a required lift for the stirring motor should be quite long in operation period. It is quite difficult to find out the motor satisfying such requirement. On the other hand, as one solution for solving such problem, the motor may be replaceable. However, this is not desirable in view of construction of the overall apparatus and in the viewpoint of cost.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet printing apparatus which makes stirring operation of stirring means variable to make it possible to intermittently perform stirring operation for a predetermined period during printing operation of the printing apparatus, for example.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an ink-jet printing apparatus which permits use of a plurality of kinds of inks in a single apparatus and thus is suitable for textile printing.
  • a still further object of the invention is to provide an ink-jet printing apparatus which can identify kind of inks, select one of predetermined printing modes depending upon the identified kind of ink and perform printing in the selected printing mode.
  • an ink-jet printing apparatus for performing printing by ejecting an ink to a printing medium by using an ink-jet head, comprising:
  • executing means for executing operation associated with printing and specific to a kind of ink to be employed in printing executing means for executing operation associated with printing and specific to a kind of ink to be employed in printing.
  • an ink-jet printing apparatus for performing printing by ejecting an ink to a printing medium by using an ink-jet head comprising:
  • ink supply means for supplying the ink to the ink-jet head
  • stirring means provided in a part of the ink supply means for stirring the ink to be supplied;
  • stirring control means for making stirring operation of the stirring means variable.
  • an ink-jet printing apparatus for performing printing by ejecting an ink to a printing medium by using an ink-jet head, comprising:
  • judging means for making judgement of kind of the ink to be ejected from the ink-jet head
  • control means for selecting one printing mode among printing modes preliminarily set by the setting means depending upon kinds of ink judged by the judging means and for performing printing of the printing mode selected.
  • FIG. 1 is an illustration showing general construction of one embodiment of an ink-jet printing apparatus according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration showing an ink supply system in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a section showing a detailed construction of a cleaning unit in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 4 is an illustration showing positional relationship between a blade of the cleaning unit and a printing head
  • FIG. 5 is an upper plan view of the apparatus for explaining an ejection recovery operation and printing operation in the apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating cleaning operation to be performed as a part of the ejection recovery operation
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing procedure of general printing operation in the apparatus of FIG. 1;
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B are flowcharts showing procedure of main tank stirring process in a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is an illustration showing positional relationship of an ink stirring member in an ink tank shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a relationship between an ink stirring period in a main tank and an average light absorption of the ink in an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIGS. 11A, 11B and 11C are timing charts showing manner of driving of the ink stirring member, to which the present invention is applied, respectively;
  • FIG. 12 is an illustration for explaining a construction for stirring main tank in a modification of the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a process for setting printing operation per kinds of inks in a second embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an illustration showing a general construction of one embodiment of an ink-jet printing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • a carriage 1 mounts printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d respectively ejecting inks of cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
  • Two guide shafts 3 movably support the carriage 1 to guide it.
  • a part of a belt 4 in an endless belt form is connected to the carriage 1.
  • a driving force of a driving motor 5 of a pulse motor, driving of which is controlled by a motor driver 23, is transmitted to the carriage 1.
  • the carriage 1 may move on the guide shaft 3 along a printing surface of a printing medium (hereinafter referred to as "printing paper"), such as a paper, OHP film, cloth and so forth.
  • the printing paper 6 is conveyed by a conveying roller 7 for conveying the printing paper 6, guiding rollers 8A and 8B for guiding the printing paper 6 and a printing paper conveying motor 9 and so forth.
  • each of printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d ejection openings for ejecting ink droplet and liquid passages (not shown) communicated thereto are provided.
  • inks are supplied from respectively corresponding ink tanks 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d via supply tubes 12a, 12b, 12c and 12d.
  • an electrothermal transducing element which generates thermal energy utilized for ejecting ink.
  • ink ejection signals are selectively supplied from respective head drivers 24a, 24b, 24c and 24d via flexible cables 13a, 13b, 13c and 13d, respectively.
  • a head heater and a temperature detecting sensor are provided in each of printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d.
  • a control circuit 16 controls heating of the head heater through a driver 17 and a power source 18 on the basis of a temperature detection signal from the temperature detecting sensor.
  • Capping units 20 are adapted to contact with an ejection surface of respective printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d during non-printing state for serving to prevent viscosity of the ink in the printing heads from increasing upon non-printing state. More specifically, in non-printing state, the carriage 1 mounting the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d are shifted to the position opposing to the capping units 20. Subsequently, the capping units 20 are shifted towards respective printing heads by driving force of a motor (not shown) driven by a capping driver 25 to press elastic members 44 provided on the front faces of the respective cap units 20 onto ejection surfaces so that capping for the respective printing heads can be performed. Within each capping unit 20, a liquid absorbing member which can maintain wet condition with the ink, is provided. By this, the inside of the capping unit can be maintained at high humidity to minimize increasing of viscosity of the ink.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic illustration showing detailed construction of an ink supply passage in the ink-jet printing apparatus.
  • a sub-tank 103 (not shown in FIG. 1) is provided for stabilizing ejection by maintaining a constant water head difference.
  • respective components constituting an ink supply system are connected through an ink supply tube 105.
  • Ink supply from the sub-tank 103 to the head 2a is normally performed depending upon ejecting operation of the head 11a by capillary effect.
  • the ink is forcedly supplied to the printing head 2a by means of a sub-tank pump 106.
  • control of ink supply to the sub-tank 103 is performed by driving the pump 104 depending upon a detection signal from an ink level sensor 107 provided in the sub-tank.
  • a similar liquid level sensor 108 is provided in the main tank 11a.
  • an ink stirring member 102 is provided in the main tank 11a (11b, 11c, 11d), an ink stirring member 102 is provided and is rotatingly driven by a driving source 111, such as a motor or so forth.
  • a driving source 111 such as a motor or so forth.
  • the ink stirring member 102 is a member having 50 mm in length, 20 mm in width and 10 mm in thickness.
  • driving of the ink stirring member 102 is controlled by the control circuit 16 (see FIG. 1). More specifically, as discussed later, the ink stirring member 102 is driven intermittently at predetermined timing.
  • the ejection recovery operation is performed after resting in long period, after initiation of printing and during printing operation, for example. For instance, when the apparatus is maintained in the non-printing state for a long period, even in the capping state, the ink in neighborhood of the ejection opening is moderately evaporated to cause increasing of viscosity. Also, fine bubble generated in inside of the ejection opening or mixed in the ink in inside of the ejection opening may grow into greater bubble.
  • the pump 106 provided in the sub-tank 103 is driven to pressurize the ink for forcedly discharging the high viscous ink and residual bubbles in inside of the ejection opening therefrom.
  • the pump 106 provided in the sub-tank 103 is driven to pressurize the ink for forcedly discharging the high viscous ink and residual bubbles in inside of the ejection opening therefrom.
  • the ejection recovery operation during printing operation, even when a dust or water droplet depositing on the ejection surface, or dust or so forth penetrates into the ejection opening, those can be washed out to maintain stable ejection.
  • a plugging preventing unit 31 is designed for receiving ejected ink when so-called preliminary ejection is performed in the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d. More specifically, the plugging preventing unit 31 mates with the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d while the latter is shifted.
  • the plugging preventing unit 31 has a liquid receptacle member 32 as a liquid receiving portion for absorbing the inks ejected from respective heads and is located between the capping units 20 and the print start position of the carriage 1.
  • a cleaning unit 50 In a cleaning unit 50, an electromagnetic valve 51 for cleaning, a suction pump and a driver 52 are connected. These components are controlled for driving by the control circuit 16, respectively to apply a cleaning liquid to a wiping blade and absorb the cleaning liquid.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 are illustrations showing detail of the cleaning unit 50.
  • FIG. 3 is an explanatory illustration of the cleaning unit 50 as viewed in the primary scanning direction
  • FIG. 4 is an explanatory illustration when a blade 70 and the head 2a are viewed from the above.
  • the blade 70 is formed of a flexible porous body. It is preferred that the blade is formed of a material which does not cause significant volume variation after the ink is absorbed, instead of the material which causes volume variation upon absorption of ink mist, such as high polymer foamed body. For example, a formal resin type flexible porous body is preferable.
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view showing general construction of a printing operation portion in the shown embodiment of the ink-jet printing apparatus.
  • the carriage 1 mounting the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d is shifted within a printing region P defined between a point P0 and a point P1 to perform printing by ejecting inks of cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y) and black (Bk).
  • C cyan
  • M magenta
  • Y yellow
  • Bk black
  • a reference numeral 204 denotes a capping position detecting sensor for detecting the carriage shifted into the capping position
  • a reference numeral 205 denotes a preliminary ejection position detecting sensor for detecting the carriage 1 shifted into the position in opposition to the plugging preventing unit 31
  • a reference numeral 206 denotes a print start position detecting sensor for detecting the carriage reaching at the print start position.
  • Cleaning operation by the cleaning unit 50 constructed as set forth above is performed in the following manner.
  • the blade 70 comes into contact with the ejection surface of the printing heads to remove ink droplet and so forth on the ejection surfaces 201a to 201b with deflecting the tip end portion of the blade 70.
  • the cleaning liquid is applied to the blade 70 to clean up the ejection surface by the cleaning liquid.
  • the cleaning liquid thus used can be sucked and discharged by the suction pump 52.
  • a porous member or fibrous member may be provided adjacent to or in continuation with the blade 70 for absorbing and discharging the cleaning liquid in place of the suction pump.
  • a porous member or fibrous member may be provided adjacent to or in continuation with the blade 70 for absorbing and discharging the cleaning liquid in place of the suction pump.
  • the print start position detecting sensor 206 and the capping position detecting sensor 204 respectively detect the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d at print start position and capping position, respectively.
  • the preliminary ejection position detecting sensor 205 detects the printing heads 2a to 2d reaching a reference position of the preliminary ejection performed while the printing heads are shifted in scanning direction.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a sequence of printing operation and so forth.
  • respective ejection surfaces 201a, 201b, 201c and 201d of the printing heads 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d are capped by the capping units 20.
  • pressurized circulation of the ink is initiated by the pump 106 shown in FIG. 2, at step S1.
  • the capping members 44 are driven by the capping driver 62 in the direction for opening respective printing heads, at step S2.
  • cleaning of the blade 70 by the cleaning liquid is performed at step S3.
  • high viscous ink and foreign matter deposited on the blade 70 are washed off together with the cleaning liquid.
  • step S4 the cleaning liquid is sucked by the pump 52.
  • the residual cleaning liquid amount in the blade 70 is appropriately reduced to enhance capturing performance for the ink and the foreign matter and thus to enhance cleaning effect.
  • negative pressure is generated within the porous body forming the blade 70 by capillary effect to make this negative pressure to be greater than that exerted on the ejection openings of the printing heads.
  • suction of the ink from the ejection opening and the liquid passage upon cleaning can be facilitated.
  • penetration of the cleaning liquid into the liquid chamber can be successfully prevented.
  • application of the negative pressure may generate ink suction force in the liquid passage to contribute for removal of high viscous ink in the liquid passage.
  • step S5 by supplying the drive signal to the motor driver 23, the driving force of the driving motor 5 is transmitted to the carriage 1 via the belt 4 to shift the carriage 1 into the printing region.
  • the ejection surface is sequentially wiped by the blade 70 as passing through the position opposing to the cleaning unit 50 as discussed with respect to FIG. 6, for cleaning.
  • a wiping operation set forth above means removal of the cleaning liquid, ink and foreign matter and so forth from the ejection surface.
  • step S6 ink droplets are ejected while the carriage travels in the direction of arrow D in FIG. 5 from the print start detecting position P0 detected by the print start position detecting sensor 206 to perform printing of image in the printing region P of the printing paper 6 (see FIG. 1).
  • step S7 washing of the blade 70 is performed, and at subsequent step S8, suction of the cleaning liquid is performed for recovery of cleaning function of the blade 70.
  • step S9 upon passing through the preliminary ejection position (opposing to the plugging preventing unit 31), the preliminary ejection is performed. It should be noted that the preliminary ejection is performed toward the liquid receptacle portion 32. During this period, the printing paper 6 is fed in the direction of arrow F (see FIG. 1) in the magnitude corresponding to the width of the printing region P.
  • step S10 judgement is made whether printing is completed or not at step S10. If not, the process is advanced to step S11 to make judgement whether printing for 100 lines is completed or not. If the result of judgement is negative, process returns to step S5 to repeated operations of step S6 and subsequent steps.
  • a wiping step of step S5 since only one of wiping surfaces 71B of the blade 70 is used for wiping in the forward shifting of the carriage, wiping of the ejection surface in the backward shifting of the carriage is not performed by the wiping surface 71B which is stained once. Therefore, the stained wiping surface will never affect the cleaning effect, rather the cleaning effect can be enhanced to be double.
  • step S10 when the result of judgement in step S10 is positive, the process is advanced to step S12 to cap the ejection surfaces of respective printing heads by the capping units 20 and then the printing operation is terminated. Also, when the result of judgement in step 11 is positive, the process is advanced to step S13 to cap the ejection surfaces and then the process returns to steps S1 and S3 to repeat operations of these steps and subsequent steps.
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B are flowcharts showing general sequence of printing operation including main tank stirring process in the first embodiment of the invention.
  • step S501 initialization of the ink-jet printing apparatus is performed. This initialization is the known process and includes initialization of memory, initiation of temperature control for the printing head and so forth.
  • step S502 stirring of ink is performed by rotating the ink stirring members 102 in the respective main tanks 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d at a speed of 150 r.p.m. for 5 min.
  • a stirring timer is set. More specifically, after performing the foregoing stirring operation upon ON-set of power supply, measurement of the elapsed time (T1) by the timer is initiated for performing similar stirring operation a given time interval T0.
  • the ink-jet printing apparatus becomes printing stand-by state at step S504.
  • the printing sequence in step S505 and subsequent steps is performed in parallel to the process shown in FIG. 7. More specifically, at step S505, judgement is made whether elapsed time T1 measured by the timer reaches the predetermined time T0. If it does not reach T0, printing operation for one line, namely ink ejection associating with shifting of the carriage, feeding of the printing medium and so forth, is performed at step S506. Also, at step S507, judgement is made whether printing is completed or not. If not completed, the process of step S505 and subsequent steps is repeated.
  • the predetermined time T0 may be determined to be a period, in which sedimentation of ink will not cause significant problem, and thus is substantially determined depending upon characteristics of the ink. In the shown embodiment, the time T0 is determined in the manner set out later.
  • main tank stirring process shown in FIG. 8B which is to be performed in parallel to the subsequent process in FIG. 8A, is initiated.
  • this main tank stirring process at step S511, stirring operation similar to step S502 is performed.
  • the stirring timer is reset to restart measurement of the elapsed time T1.
  • the shown process is terminated.
  • the stirring period at step S511 may be shorter than that in stirring at step S502. However, in any case, this period may be determined corresponding to a rotation speed of the stirring member and the period T0 to be set as the predetermined time and so forth.
  • FIG. 9 is a section showing detail inside of the main tanks 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d.
  • the ink stirring member 102 in the main tank, by arranging the ink stirring member 102 below the ink level sensor 108, the ink stirring member 102 can rotate within the ink even when the ink level in the main tank becomes the lower limit level. By this structure, absorption of air and bubbling of water can be significantly suppressed.
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an average light absorption as one of an indication of ink density when the stirring period upon ON-set of the power supply is varied in the shown embodiment of the apparatus.
  • the measuring the average light absorption was measured by sampling the surface portion of the ink in the main tank and measuring light absorption with diluted liquid into 1000 times of solution (diluting liquid: ethanol 75%, neutral phosphoric salt pH reference liquid 2.5% and water 22.5%).
  • the measuring device is U-3200 type automatic recording spectrum light absorption, Hitachi Seisakusho.
  • the ink condition upon sampling is one after the stirring operation for the ink which is not stirred for two weeks, is performed for respective periods 0 min., 2 min., 4 min., 6 min., 8 min. and 120 min.
  • the density of the ink may not be within the density range to permit the ink to be used. Namely, when a range of the stirring period is 2 min. to 8 min. including 5 min. taken in the shown embodiment, the ink can be maintained in useful condition even when stirring is not performed continuously.
  • crushing medium zirconium bead 1 mm diameter
  • crushing medium filling rate 50% by volume rushing period: 3 hours
  • these disperse dyes may be used solely or in combination of two or more kinds.
  • the content of these dyes is in a range of 0.5 Wt % to 25 Wt %, preferably 1.0 Wt % to 20 Wt %, and more preferably 1.5 Wt % to 15 Wt %. If the content of the disperse dye is less than 0.5 Wt %, density of color development becomes insufficient.
  • FIGS. 11A to 11C are timing charts showing three examples of manner of driving of the ink stirring member.
  • FIG. 11A shows the manner of driving as discussed in the first embodiment, and continuously driving the ink stirring member for 5 min.
  • FIG. 11B is not for continuously driving the ink stirring member for 5 min. as set forth above but to drive intermittently with a given time interval. Also, FIG. 11C is to perform intermittent driving and the rotating direction of the stirring member is reversed alternately.
  • the time interval in intermittent driving is a period to cause a given flowability in the ink by stirring.
  • the time interval is approximately 10 sec. or more. With such intermittent driving, reduction of driving energy and stirring period can be realized.
  • FIG. 12 is an illustration showing another embodiment for the construction for stirring the ink in the main tank.
  • the main tank 11a, 11b, 11c and 11d respectively two liquid level sensors 108a and 108b are provided for detecting the liquid level at two levels.
  • the rotation speed of the stirring member is set to be relatively high rotation speed I.
  • the stirring member is driven to rotate at the rotation speed II which is lower than the rotation speed I.
  • the dye to be used is as follow:
  • the foregoing components are mixed (to make the total amount of the reactive dye and water 65 parts).
  • the mixture solution is adjusted by sodium hydrate at pH 8.4.
  • filtering is performed with floropore filter-FP-100 (tradename: Sumitomo Denko) to obtain the reactive dye ink.
  • crushing medium zilconium bead 1 mm diameter
  • crushing medium filling rate 50% by volume
  • controlled head temperature 20 to 60° C.
  • ink pressurizing period 0 sec. to 60 sec. wiping speed: 20 mm/sec to 400 mm/sec
  • ink pressurizing motor speed 0 pps to 400 pps
  • main tank stirring motor speed 0 pps to 400 pps
  • the foregoing printing head driving condition and various operation parameters associated with the ejection recovery operation, as described later, are preliminarily set per kind of ink depending upon the characteristics of the kind of ink, and is automatically selected depending upon the kind of ink recognized by means of the ink kind recognizing means discussed later or by manual input of an operator.
  • the medium ejection recovery operation set forth in the foregoing section 5 is one to be mainly performed when the kind of ink is the disperse dye ink and is intended to remove dispersed broken substance caused in heating of the disperse dye from the ink ejection opening.
  • discharging of the dispersed broken substance it is more effective means than discharging of ink by pressurization of the ink.
  • the operation to be performed in the medium ejection recovery operation is to perform the preliminary ejection of greater number of ink droplets than that in the normal preliminary ejection.
  • the medium ejection recovery operation is differentiated from the normal preliminary ejection operation which is mainly intended to prevent increasing of viscosity of the ink by regularly performing ink ejection, in the task.
  • the normal preliminary ejection operation is required to be performed in a frequency of one per several lines.
  • the medium ejection recovery operation is suitably performed at a frequency of once per several tens or several hundreds lines as long as the dispersed broken substance can be effectively removed from the ink ejection openings.
  • the wiping operation during the medium ejection recovery operation is to prevent a part of the relatively large amount of ink ejected during medium ejection recovery operation from depositing on the ink ejection surface of the printing head. Therefore, by performing wiping operation similarly to that during substantive ejection recovery operation, the ink ejection surface can be maintained in normal condition.
  • FIG. 13 is an flowchart showing a procedure for setting respective operating conditions in the foregoing sections 3 to 9 depending upon either the reactive dye ink or the disperse dye ink to be used in printing. Such setting is performed in advance of initiation of printing operation. More specifically, the operating conditions adapted to respective kinds of inks are appropriately set within a range identified in the foregoing sections 3 to 9. The set condition is written in a memory of the control circuit 16 for permitting writing and reading. Also, the shown procedure of the process illustrated in FIG. 13 is stored in ROM of the control circuit 16. Furthermore, designation of the kind of the ink is done by manual input by the operator through an input portion 90 (see FIG. 1). In the alternative, it may be possible to read the kind of the ink by a detecting means provided in the ink tank so forth.
  • step S101 when power supply for the apparatus main body is turned ON, as set forth above, the kind of the ink is judged depending upon the input by the operator at step S101 and S102. More specifically, in the shown embodiment, judgement is made as to whether the reactive dye ink or disperse dye ink is set to be used.
  • step S101 the setting information is read out, and at step S102, judgement is made as to whether the reactive dye ink or the disperse dye ink is set as the ink to be used for printing.
  • step S103 On the other hand, when judgement is made that the set ink is the disperse dye ink, the process is advanced to step S104.
  • step S103 setting of the printing condition, such as printing head driving waveform and so forth, is performed.
  • the conditions are set such that the pulse width of the head driving pulse is 10 ⁇ sec, the controlled head temperature is 35° C., the substantive ejection recovery operation is performed once per 100 lines of printing, the wiping operation is performed once per 5 lines, the preliminary ejection operation is performed once per 2 lines of printing with number of ejection being 100, and the bubble removal operation is not performed.
  • step S102 the conditions are set such that the pulse width is 8 ⁇ sec, the controlled head temperature is 30 ° C., the substantive ejection recovery operation is performed once per 50 lines, the wiping operation is performed once per 2 lines, the preliminary ejection operation is performed once per 2 lines with number of ejection being 200, and the bubble removal operation and the ink stirring operation are performed.
  • the ink stirring operation is performed only in the case where the used ink is the disperse dye ink which is easy to cause coagulation or sedimentation of the ink dye as set out in the first embodiment.
  • an ink kind judging means may be realized in the construction provided on the ink tank.
  • the construction may be realized by differentiating the configuration of the ink filling opening of an ink supply container (not shown) for supplying ink to the main tank 11a (11b, 11c, 11d) a shown in FIG. 2 and by mechanically detecting the configuration of the ink filling opening of the ink supply container as engaged with the ink inlet of the main tank.
  • ink exchanging operation is performed as follows.
  • an ink supply system of a main tank side is separated at separating portions 2000 and other ink supply system of the main tank side is set.
  • cleaning is performed to an ink supply system of a printing head side.
  • application of the present invention is not limited to the textile printing but is widely extended to general printing.
  • stirring operation of the stirring means can be made variable. Therefore, it becomes possible to intermittently perform stirring operation for a given period during printing operation of the printing apparatus. As a result, trapping of bubble in the ink during continuous stirring operation can be reduced. Furthermore, the lift of the motor to be the source of driving in the stirring operation is substantially not required to consider. On the other hand, recoagulation of the ink by stirring in long period can be successfully prevented.
  • the printing operation and recovery operation for maintaining ejecting function of the printing head can be set depending upon kind of the ink to be used.
  • printing operation and recovery operation for the printing head under the set condition printing operation can be performed in optimal condition with respect to different kinds of inks.
  • the present invention achieves distinct effect when applied to a recording head or a recording apparatus which has means for generating thermal energy such as electrothermal transducers or laser light, and which causes changes in ink by the thermal energy so as to eject ink. This is because such a system can achieve a high density and high resolution recording.
  • the on-demand type apparatus has electrothermal transducers, each disposed on a sheet or liquid passage that retains liquid (ink), and operates as follows: first, one or more drive signals are applied to the electrothermal transducers to cause thermal energy corresponding to recording information; second, the thermal energy induces sudden temperature rise that exceeds the nucleate boiling so as to cause the film boiling on heating portions of the recording head; and third, bubbles are grown in the liquid (ink) corresponding to the drive signals. By using the growth and collapse of the bubbles, the ink is expelled from at least one of the ink ejection orifices of the head to form one or more ink drops.
  • the drive signal in the form of a pulse is preferable because the growth and collapse of the bubbles can be achieved instantaneously and suitably by this form of drive signal.
  • a drive signal in the form of a pulse those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,463,359 and 4,345,262 are preferable.
  • the rate of temperature rise of the heating portions described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,313,124 be adopted to achieve better recording.
  • U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,558,333 and 4,459,600 disclose the following structure of a recording head, which is incorporated to the present invention: this structure includes heating portions disposed on bent portions in addition to a combination of the ejection orifices, liquid passages and the electrothermal transducers disclosed in the above patents. Moreover, the present invention can be applied to structures disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laying-open Nos. 123670/1984 and 138461/1984 in order to achieve similar effects.
  • the former discloses a structure in which a slit common to all the electrothermal transducers is used as ejection orifices of the electrothermal transducers, and the latter discloses a structure in which openings for absorbing pressure waves caused by thermal energy are formed corresponding to the ejection orifices.
  • the present invention can be also applied to a so-called full-line type recording head whose length equals the maximum length across a recording medium.
  • a recording head may consist of a plurality of recording heads combined together, or one integrally arranged recording head.
  • the present invention can be applied to various serial type recording heads: a recording head fixed to the main assembly of a recording apparatus; a conveniently replaceable chip type recording head which, when loaded on the main assembly of a recording apparatus, is electrically connected to the main assembly, and is supplied with ink therefrom; and a cartridge type recording head integrally including an ink reservoir.
  • a recovery system or a preliminary auxiliary system for a recording head as a constituent of the recording apparatus because they serve to make the effect of the present invention more reliable.
  • the recovery system are a capping means and a cleaning means for the recording head, and a pressure or suction means for the recording head.
  • the preliminary auxiliary system are a preliminary heating means utilizing electrothermal transducers or a combination of other heater elements and the electrothermal transducers, and a means for carrying out preliminary ejection of ink independently of the ejection for recording. These systems are effective for reliable recording.
  • the number and type of recording heads to be mounted on a recording apparatus can be also changed. For example, only one recording head corresponding to a single color ink, or a plurality of recording heads corresponding to a plurality of inks different in color or concentration can be used.
  • the present invention can be effectively applied to an apparatus having at least one of the monochromatic, multi-color and full-color modes.
  • the monochromatic mode performs recording by using only one major color such as black.
  • the multi-color mode carries out recording by using different color inks, and the full-color mode performs recording by color mixing.
  • inks that are liquid when the recording signal is applied can be used: for example, inks can be employed that solidify at a temperature lower than the room temperature and are softened or liquefied in the room temperature. This is because in the ink jet system, the ink is generally temperature adjusted in a range of 30° C.-70° C. so that the viscosity of the ink is maintained at such a value that the ink can be ejected reliably.
  • the present invention can be applied to such apparatus where the ink is liquefied just before the ejection by the thermal energy as follows so that the ink is expelled from the orifices in the liquid state, and-then begins to solidify on hitting the recording medium, thereby preventing the ink evaporation: the ink is transformed from solid to liquid state by positively utilizing the thermal energy which would otherwise cause the temperature rise; or the ink, which is dry when left in air, is liquefied in response to the thermal energy of the recording signal.
  • the ink may be retained in recesses or through holes formed in a porous sheet as liquid or solid substances so that the ink faces the electrothermal transducers as described in Japanese Patent Application Laying-open Nos. 56847/1979 or 71260/1985.
  • the present invention is most effective when it uses the film boiling phenomenon to expel the ink.
  • the ink jet recording apparatus of the present invention can be employed not only as an image output terminal of an information processing device such as a computer, but also as an output device of a copying machine including a reader, and as an output device of a facsimile apparatus having a transmission and receiving function.

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